APRIL, 1874 



The monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 14th April, 

 M. Allport, Esq., V. P., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary (Dr. Agnew) submitted the following returns for 

 the past month, viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum, 1,357. 



2. Ditto to Gardens, 2,910. 



3. Plants received at Gardens : — From Messrs. Macfarlane — 10 packets 



Seeds and 4 bulbs Lilies. From — Lidbetter, Esq. — Seeds of 

 Cedrus deodara. From the Botanic Gardens, Lyttelton, New 

 Zealand— One case containing 00 plants. From Mr. C. F. Cres- 

 well — 18 packets Seeds. 



4. Plants sent from Gardens : — To Mons. J. Linden, Ghent, Belgium 



— One case Tree Ferns. To Mons. J. Verschaffelt, Ghent — One 

 ditto. 



5. Times of leafing, flowering, &c, of a few standard plants in Botanic 



Gardens during March. 



6. Books and Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum and Library. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq.— Table and Summary for 

 March. 



2. VVestbury, from F. Belstead, Esq.— Ditto. 



3. New Norfolk, from W. E. Shoobridge, Esq. — Table for March. 



4. Melbourne, from R. J. L. Ellery, Esq. — Printed ditto for Novem- 



ber, 1873. 



5. Sydney, from H. C. Russell, Esq.— Ditto for December, 1873. 

 The presentations to the Museum and Library were as follows : — 



1. From W. Chambers, Esq., Adelaide. — 13 specimens of woods from 



Northern Territory of South Australia. 



2. From Captain Harrison, of the " VVaterwitch. " — Two living speci- 



mens ol the Moloch Lizard, (Moloch horridus) from Adelaide. 



3. From Mr. Milford McArthur.— A " Flying Squid," (Loligo sp .J 



4. From Mr. Daldy. — A hollow mass of Iron Ore, finely crystallized on 



the inside, from Hope Island, Port Esperance. 



5. From Mr. Taylor, Kangaroo Point. — Fine specimens of Copper 



and Lead Ores from South Australia. 



6. From Mr. Hissey. — 6 Land Shells from the Solomon Islands Group, 



South Pacific. — An albino Bosella. — A Magpie from Victoria 

 (Gymnorhina leuconota.) 



7. From C. H. Grant, Esq. — Plant impressions from railway works, 



Glenorchy . 



8. From Mr. Bilton, Glenorchy. — A mineral specimen. 



9. From Dr. Agnew the following new books : — 



a. " The Atmosphere," by Flammarion, edited by James Glashier. 



b. " The Forces of Nature," by Guillemin, edited by Norman 



Lockyer. 



c. "How to work with the Microscope," by Dr. L. Beale. 



d. "Heat a mode of Motion," by Tyndal. 



e. " Manual of Zoology," by N icholson. 



f. " Practical Hygiene," by Dr. Parkes. 



g. " Manual of Metallurgy," by C. H. Makins. 



h. " Manual of Mineralogy" (last edition) by Dana. 



10. From the Entomological Society of Belgium : — 12 vols, of the 



Society's publications. 



